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Document 91998E000218

    WRITTEN QUESTION No. 218/98 by Florus WIJSENBEEK to the Commission. New road toll in Poland

    IO C 310, 9.10.1998, p. 39 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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    Date of document:
    11/02/1998; Dáta tarchurtha
    Date of dispatch:
    11/02/1998
    Date of reply:
    31/03/1998; ?
    Author:
    Parlaimint na hEorpa, WIJSENBEEK
    Form:
    Ceist scríofa
    Addressee:
    An Coimisiún Eorpach
    Parliamentary term:
    An ceathrú téarma
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    91998E0218

    WRITTEN QUESTION No. 218/98 by Florus WIJSENBEEK to the Commission. New road toll in Poland

    Official Journal C 310 , 09/10/1998 P. 0039


    WRITTEN QUESTION E-0218/98 by Florus Wijsenbeek (ELDR) to the Commission (11 February 1998)

    Subject: New road toll in Poland

    1. Is it true that since 1 January 1998 Poland has been levying a toll on Polish roads and that the tariff are supposed to be in line with the Eurovignette?

    2. Is it true that the tariffs for the Polish vignette are four times greater than the Eurovignette?

    3. Is it true that it is harder for foreigners to obtain vignettes than for Poles?

    4. Does the Commission intend to take action to nullify the consequences of the introduction of the new road toll in Poland?

    Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (31 March 1998)

    On 3 December 1997 the Polish ministry of Transport and Shipping issued an ordinance setting the new level of road charges to apply as of 1 January 1998. The ordinance was issued on the basis of the Polish law on the conditions governing international road transport of 2 August 1997. This law aligned the structure of the Polish road charging system with the main features of the so-called Eurovignette directive ((Council Directive 93/89/EEC of 25 October 1993 on the application by Member States of taxes on certain vehicles used for the carriage of goods by road and tolls and charges for the use of certain infrastructures - OJ L 279, 12.11.1993. )), specifying that the same charges for the use of the Polish infrastructure should apply to both domestic and foreign vehicles engaged in international transport. The ordinance specifies the amount of the charges to be paid in the form of vignette-type cards on a daily, weekly, monthly, six-monthly or annual basis. In Poland the daily rate is about four times higher than that of the Eurovignette and the annual rate is only slightly higher than the Eurovignette annual rate. Foreign hauliers have to obtain these cards at the border crossings upon entry of Poland.

    Poland is under no obligation to take over either the level or the proportionality of the Eurovignette-charges. However, the level of the Polish road charges will be discussed in a special road transport meeting with the Polish authorities. The Commission is not aware of any difficulties for foreign hauliers in obtaining these cards at the borders, however this matter will also be raised at the aforementioned meeting.

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